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Shenzhou 8 Returns To Earth After Successful Docking Mission

Chinese officials have declared complete success for the Shenzhou 8 mission of their manned space program, after the capsule — designed for human transportation but unmanned on this occasion — returned to Earth on Nov. 17.
The mission’s chief objective was to show that Shenzhou 8 could dock with the Tiangong 1 orbital laboratory, which was also unmanned. The procedure was executed twice.
The next two missions in the Chinese manned space program, Shenzhou 9 and 10, are due next year. ...

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